Toy vehicle



J. oouemzmv. TOY VEHICLE. APPLICATION FILED SEPLIG. I920.

Patented June 20, 1922.

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Wl'fnesses. [Huey/or. am 'fiMfiW wwww JAMES WILLIAM DOUGI-IEBTY, OF -MGKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY VEHICLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted June 29 1922.

Application filed September 16, 1920. Serial No. 410,667.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Janus WILLIAM Dononrrsrv a citizen of the United States, residing at McKeesport, in the county of Allegheny and'Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Toy Vehicle, which may be used as a seesaw, a merry-goround, or a vehicle for children, in which the following is a specification of the same.

The object of my, invention is to devise a toy vehicle which can be used as a secsaw, a merry-go-round or a vehicle for childish transportation, and to make the toy so that no adjustments are required in order to use any of the aforementioned features; to incorporate features for the safety and con venience of the users of the toy, and wherever possible to garb these features with attractive configurations which will appeal to children. hen this toy is being used, the up and down motion of the see-saw, the revolving motion or. the merry-go-round together with the motion necessary to transport from one point to anotherebeing imparted to it by the feet of the users of this toy vehicle.

I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which- Fig. l is a side view of the toy, the up and down or see-saw motion being indicated by the full and dotted line arrangement, the animal heads being omitted in the dotted outline for clearness.

Fig. 2 is an end View of the toy.

Fig. 3 is a top View, the dottedparts indicating the change in position as the toy revolves in a horizontal plane.

Similar numerals will refer to similar parts throughout the several. views.

In the figures, the numeral 1 refers to the balancing wheels which are revolvably fitted on the axle 2, which is secured to the bridge 3. Secured to the bridge 3 is the balancing board 4 and the stiflening blocks 5. Mounted on the balancing board 4; at an equal distance from the axis of balancing wheels 1, are the animal heads 6 having the hand gripping handles 7 which the child may grip when riding on this toy. Secured to the ends of balancing board 4 are the back boards 8 forming the seats 9 for the user of the toy. Secured to the back board 8 and the balancing board 4; are the blocks 10 with the caster wheels 11 fitted thereto; when the caster wheels are in contact with the floor they automatically adjust themselves to the direction of motion of the toy, and they are also fixed at a distance, from the floor to limit the see-saw motion of the balance board 4 asshown in Fig. 1. The drawings show a single caster wheel at each end of the toy, on the larger sizes and on some of the smaller sizes of this toy I employ two casters tor the purpose of obtaininggreater durability and stability. Some of my designs of this toy are entirely of wood, whilst others, are made up of wood and steel, the cost and adaptability being the factors which determine the material used.

To use this toy the children seat themselves at 9, with their backs against the boards 8, and grip the handle 7 using their feet to see-saw up and down and whirl themselves around afterthe manner of a merrygo-round or to transport themselves from one point to another. 1

Before making my claims I desire to point out the particular features of my invention 'movable therewith enables the small children who use this toy to push or pull it from one place of play to another with a very small efiort. It also can be used as a vehicle for coasting down grades and for childish transportation.

2nd. I have incorporated caster wheels into the vehicle feature of my invention, these caster wheels automatically adjust themselves to the direction the toy moves without any attention from the user of the toy.

3rd. As a safety measure, and for ease and convenience when using this toyv I have incorporated back boards in connection ,with the balancing board to form seats thereon and gripping handles to prevent the children from being thrown off this toy when it is in motion. These features I wish to protect and desire to secure Letters Patent covering them in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A toy vehicle of the kind described, comprising a balancing board, back boards secured to each end of said balancing board to form seats thereon, figure heads mounted on said balancing board in proximity to said seats, handles secured to said figure heads, a support rigidly secured to said balancing board near its middle, wheels fitted to said support to permit a see-saw, a revolving or a rectilinear motion of said balancing board, a part secured to each end of balancing board to limit the see-saw motion thereof, caster wheels secured to said part to facilitate the revolving and the rectilinear motion of said balancing board.

2. A movable wheeled toy vehicle consisting of the combination of a balancing board to form a body, back boards secured to the ends of balancing board to form seats there on, figure heads having hand gripping handles mounted on said balancing board in proximity to said seats, a pair of wheels revolvably fitted to an axle which is secured to and supports the balancing board near its middle, said Wheels being arranged to per-.

mit a revolving, a straight line or a see-saw motion of the balancing board, caster wheels secured to and supporting the ends o'l the balancing board, said caster wheels when in contact with the floor automatically adjust themselves to the direction of motion of the ends of the balancing board and are positioned to permit a see-saw motion of balancing board about the axis of the wheels near its middle, substantially as described.

3. A movable wheeled toy vehicle consisting of the combination of a balancing board to form a body, back boards secured to the ends of balancing board to form seats thereon, a pair of wheels revolvably fitted to .an axle which is secured to and supports the balancing board near its middle, said Wheels being arranged to permit a revolving, a straight line or a see-saw motionof the balancing board, caster wheels secured to and supporting the ends of the balancing board, said caster wheels when in contact with the floor automatically adjust themselves to the direction of motion of the ends ofbalancing board and are positioned to permit a see-saw motion of the balancing board about the axis of the wheels near its middle, substantially as described.

4. A movable wheeled toy vehicle consisting of the combination of balancing board to form a body, back boards secured to the ends of balancing board to form seats there on, a pair of wheels revolvably fitted to an axle which is secured to and supporting the balancing board near its middle, said wheels being arranged to permit a revolving and a straight line motion of the balancing board, caster wheels secured to and supporting the ends of the balancing board, said caster Wheels when in contact with. the floor automatically adjust themselves to the direction of motion of the ends of balancing board and are positioned to permit a see-saw motion of the balancing board about the axis oi the wheels near its middle, substantially as described. v

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification and claims, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES XVILLIAM DOUGHERTY.

Witnesses EDNA E. DOUGHERTY, JoHN L. DOUGHERTY. 

